Do you have any gear that was outright given to you?

Because nobody was taking care of our apartment landscaping. I started to give it a try. Over the years I would also work on the next door tattoo business space as well. This was all voluntary on my part. One day he tells me that he is retiring and for all the work I have done, he bought me a new Rel HT/1003. Funny thing I don’t have any tattoos. 

I have given equipment away, but never received any..

Given some to friend with cancer to ease the burden.😃

I’ve definitely given some gear away to new audiophile friends in an excuse to replace with nicer. Also gifted friends with speaker builds. I’ve received a few small basic items but was also gifted some very nice crossover parts for my speakers when I was building them. Forever thankful for that.

Yes , I was gifted a Musical Fidelity CD-1 transport. I sent it to the manufacturer and had it serviced at a cost of $150. I paired it with a nice cable and it works well. Same person gave me a pair of Rogue M-180’s that one had an issue. I sent them to Rogue and it needed a single resistor on the driver circuit. Rogue said the diodes were tired in both power supply’s. Since they were free I went for a full Dark upgrade and new tubes. My FREE amps wound up costing me $3K , but that was my choice.